Saudi authorities have extended the detention of two women's rights activists, one of whom tried to drive into the kingdom in defiance of a ban, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which does not allow women to drive.
Loujain Hathloul and Maysaa Alamoudi "have been detained for 25 further days" the London-based watchdog said in a statement.
"Jailing a woman for simply driving a car is preposterous," Said Boumedouha, Amnesty's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, was quoted saying in the statement.
The Interior Ministry has still not commented on the case of the two women.
Border officers stopped Hathloul when she tried to drive from neighboring United Arab Emirates into Saudi Arabia on November 30.
Alamoudi, a UAE-based Saudi journalist, later arrived to support her.
They were arrested and are being held in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
Relatives of the two women declined to comment on Tuesday.
Hathloul was trying to make a point in her unusual attempt to drive through the border and knew that she would not be allowed to pass, an activist has told Agence France-Presse.
Women drivers in the kingdom have previously been arrested and cars have been confiscated but the detention of Hathloul is already among the longest given to any female driver in the kingdom recently, activists told AFP.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which does not allow women to drive.
Loujain Hathloul and Maysaa Alamoudi "have been detained for 25 further days" the London-based watchdog said in a statement.
"Jailing a woman for simply driving a car is preposterous," Said Boumedouha, Amnesty's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, was quoted saying in the statement.
The Interior Ministry has still not commented on the case of the two women.
Border officers stopped Hathloul when she tried to drive from neighboring United Arab Emirates into Saudi Arabia on November 30.
Alamoudi, a UAE-based Saudi journalist, later arrived to support her.
They were arrested and are being held in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
Relatives of the two women declined to comment on Tuesday.
Hathloul was trying to make a point in her unusual attempt to drive through the border and knew that she would not be allowed to pass, an activist has told Agence France-Presse.
Women drivers in the kingdom have previously been arrested and cars have been confiscated but the detention of Hathloul is already among the longest given to any female driver in the kingdom recently, activists told AFP.
